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J. M. 86 M. S. BROWNING.

MAGAZINE-FIRE ARM.

No. 385,238. Patented June 26, 1 888.

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' J. M. & M. s. BROWNING.

MAGAZINE FIRE ARM.

A Patented June 26, 1888.

Mrs Trans ares JOHN M. BROWNING AND MATTHEW S. BROlVNlNG, 0F OGDEN, UTAH TERRITORY.

MAGAZINE HRH-ARM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,238, dated June 26, 1888.

Application filed December 13, 1857. Serial No. 257,760. (No model.)

To ail whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J 01m M. Bnownnvs and ll'lAT'lHEW S. BROWNING, of Ogden, in the county of \Veber and Territory of Utah, have inventdanewImprovemcntinhlagazineFire- Arms; and we do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereonto be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, ills- Figure 1, a sectional side view of the arm; Fig. 2, altop view of the same; Fig. 3, an under side ,view of the breeclrpieee; Fig. 4, a transverse section on line (r10 of Fig. 1, looking toward the rear; Fig. 5, a transverse section on iiine y 3 looking forward; liig. (3, a longitudinal section of the receiver, showing the inner surface of one side; Fig. 7, a seotional side view showing the parts as in the position ofthe breeehpicce wide open; Fig. 8, a modification.

Thisinvention relates to an improvement in that class of magazine lire-arms in which the magazine isiarranged beneath the barrel, and

' the barrel arid magazine both opening into the receiver at the rear, the breeelrpiece being adapted to slide in substantially a longitudinal path to ward and frointhc barrel in opening, and in which the breech-piece is operated by a handle sliding longitmlinally beneath the barrel, there being a rod extending from the said handle into connection with the mechan ism of the arm, that the back and forward movement of th vhandle imparts opening and closing movemcn iil to the breeelrpiece, as well as the operative n ovemcuts to the other parts of the arm, the ol j\ect of the invention being asimple construction of the arm, and whereby a. magazine fire-arm may be produced at a very small cost.

A represents the receiver, to the forward end of which the barrel 3 is attached,with the magazine 0 beneath it, both the barrel and the magazine opening into thercceiver at the rear, and the receiver provided with the usual ta n gs, D D, by which it may bc-secured to the stock.

E represents the breech-piece, which normally stands in the receiver in longitudinal line with the barrel and so asto close the rear end of the barrel; out the breech-piece is adapted for a limited. amount of up-and-down movement at its forward end independent of the. longitudinal movement.

On each side the breech-piece, at its forward end, projecting cheeks F are formed, (see Fi 2,) which. are adapted to set into correspond ing recesses G in the side of the receiver when the breech-piece is in the closed position, and thus engaging the receiver support the breechpiece against the recoil of explosion. It is necessary to raise the breech-piece to take the cheeks F F from their respective recesses before the rear movement of the breech-piece commences.

On each side of the breech-piece is alrib, H H, (see Figs. 3a1nd4 which work in corresponding grooves I in'the respective sides of the receiver. (See Figs. 4 and 6'.) These ribs II incline upward from their forward end toward the rear when thebreech-piccc is in the closed position, or the inclination is such that when the breech-piece is raised, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 1, then the ribs H come into substantially a direct longitudinal line with the barrel. The grooves 1 in the breech piece are deeper than the depth of the ribs, as seen in Fig. 4, so that there is considerable vertical play for the ribs H on the breechpiece; but at the rear end of the groove I and at its upper edge the opening to the rear through the receiver is in depth substantially that of the ribs H and as at J. (See Fi 6.) The rear end of the breech-piece when in its closed position substantially closes the opening into the receiver at the rear, and the rear end of the ribs H rests in the contracted portion J of the grooves, these contracted portions J serving, in connection with the ribs H, as a pivot upon which the breech-piece may receive an up-and-down swinging movement, as from the position seen in Fig. l to that indicated in broken lines, same figure.

From the breech-piece, at its forward end, is a downward projection, K, in which is a cam slot or groove, L. This groove inclines down-- ward and rearward from thelorward end of the breech-piece, as clearly seen in Fig. 1.

M represents the handle, which is arranged :1 iest end of the groove L, and consequently r the handle M moves to the rear its first action is through the stud O in the groove L, which action serves to raise the breech-piece,

52,8 indicated in broken lines, Fig. 1, and until iocii projections F have risen from their respectivereeessesG in the receiver. At that time the stud 0 has reached the lower and your end of the groove L, as represented in broken lines, Fig. 1, and the hreeclrpiece in rising has brought the upper surface of the rib ugainstthe upper surface of the groove 1 in the receiver, so that the continued move ment of the handle rearward will cause the breech-piece to slide to the rear guided by its ribs and through the contracted portion J of the groove until the hrceoh'piece reaches the i reine open position, as indicated in Fig. 7.

luring the rear movement of the breechce the projections i? ride upon the upper \ii'nce of the sides of the receiver, as indicated in Fig. 7, and so that they prevent any vertical movement of the breech-piece during travel forwzirdand heck. .is the handle is returned or drawn forward,- the breechpicec correspondingly moves forward until it reaches its forward position, and so that the projections F may escape from the upper edges of the receiver atthe recesses G. Then the stud 0 of the handle-liar returns through the groove L and draws the breech-piece to its fully-closed position, where it is held against recoil by the projections F in the recesses G.

i? represents the hammer, which is hung upon a pivot, it, in the usual manner, and so that it may strike the rear end of the firing pin, whichis arranged in the breech-piece in the ususl manner and as indicated in broken iincs, Fig. The rear end of the breechpicce is recessed to permit the hammer to reach the firing-pin. As the breech-piece is moved rearward, it forces the hammer to the rear, as indicated in Fig. 7, and so that it will he caught by the trigger upon the full-cock notch and held ready for firing in the usual manner for the hammer of this class of fire arms. I

represents the carrier, which is hung at the rear upon a pivot, preferably the same pivot, It, upon which the hammer is hun it its forward end, when in the down position, it stands in line with the magazine, and so that the cartridge may pass from the magezine onto the carrier in the usual manner.

At the rear end of the carricrisan upwardly protecting finger, it, theuppcr end of which stands within it groove, U, formed on the underside of the breech-piece. The forward end of that groove terminates to form a shoulder,

7', at a point adapted to strike the finger T of the carrier as the breech-piece approaches its extreme rear position, and so that as the breech-piece completes its rear movement it will raise the carrier, as seen in Fig. 7, with the cartridge thereon, and so that the rear end of the cartridge will stand in the path. of the downward projection K from thebreech-piece; hence when the breech-piece is again moved forward it will strike the rear end of the cartridge and force it into the barrel, in the usual manner. At the same 'time the projection K will ride on the surfaceof the carrier and return it to the down position when the breechpiece has'reaclicd its closed position, as indi cated in Fig. 1.

ing finger, 'W, beneath which the cartridge passes as it comes from the magazine onto the carrier. This projecting finger is in a central -positiou,as seen in Fig. 4, and as it overhangs the cartridge it prevents the cartridge from being thrown upward as the carrier is suddenly raised. i Y

The extractor a is a spring-extractor, but is Fig. 5, and stands at a point below the cartridge-head when the breech-piece is in the closed position; 'but as the breech-piece rises the extractor comes to a position forward of the front face of the flange of the cartridge, and so that us the breech-piece moves rearward "it will draw the shell withit, and then rear position the cerrieri'ises and the finger JV strikes the shell held by the extractor and ejects it from the arm.

- The magazine is charged when the breech-' piece is in the open position and the carrier raised, as seen in Fig. 7-, and to hold the column of cartridges in the magazine as they are introduced, and also while the carrier is in the raised position, we introduce a spring-dog, b, in the forward end of the carrier, which will be depressed as the cartridges pass into the magazine, so as to allow the head to escape into the megazinc. Then the dog will return and engage the head of the cartridge, as represented. in Fig. 7, and this dog holds the column of cartridges while the carrier is raised.

The peculiar construction of the breechpiece which we have described, together with the handle, is adapted to single-loaders, and we do not wish to he, understood as limiting this part of the invention to the necessary presence of a carrier and other parts to consti I tute a magazine arm.

We have represented and prefer to make the grooves for the guiding of the breech-piece in the receiver and the ribs on the breech-piece; but it will be understood that this order may he reversed and the ribs formed on the sides of the receiver, with corresponding recesses or grooves in the sides of the breoclrpicce, as indicated in Fig. 8. "We wish it, therefore, to

he understood that such reversal in the ar The carrier is provided with an overhang- I arranged upon the side of the'breech-piece, as indicated in Fig. 7, and as also indicated in as the breech-piece approaches its extreme ,tudinally in rear of the grooves extending Gad-238 rangenient of the ribs and grooves is but a substantial equivalentfor the ribs on the breech-piece and the grooves in the receiver,

and that when reciting the construction as the latter form we thereby include the above mentioned equivalents.-

We claim 1. In a fire-arm in which the barrel opens into the receiver at the rear, the combination therewith of a breech-piece arranged longibarrel and constructed with laterally-projecting ribs upon its sides, and the receiver with corresponding grooves, the said grooves being deeper than the depth of the ribs, so as to allow a certain amount of vertical movement to the breech-piece, thesaidgrooves contracting at their rear end to about the depth of the ribs and the said contracting portions opening through the receiver at the rear, the breech-piece constructed with one or more lateral projections upon its sides adapted to engage corresponding recesses in the sides of the receiver, and the brecch--- piece also constructed with a downward projection at its forward end, and the said projection constructed with a down ward and rearwardly inclined groove, a handle arranged for.

ward of the receiver and adapted for longitudinal reciprocating movement, with a bar extending from said handle into the receiver, and with a stud thereon adapted to work in the said groove of the breech-piece, substan tially as described. 4

2. The combination, in a tire-arm, of a barrel opening into the receiver at the rear, a breech-piece arranged longitudinally in the receiver in rear of the barrel and constructed with laterally-projecting ribs upon its sides, the receiver constructed with corresponding longitudinal grooves upon its inner surface, the said grooves in the receiver being deeper than the ribs on the breech-piece, the said rearward and opening through the rear end ofthe receiver, the depth of the rear end being substantially the depth of the said ribs, the said breech-piece constructed with one or more lateral projections, and the receiver with corresponding recesses, with which said projections are adapted to engage when the breech-piece is in the closed position, and the breechpiece also constructed ceiver at the rear, the breech-piece E,arranged longitudinally in the receiver in rear of the barrel, constructed with longitudinal ribs H upon its sides, and the receiver with corresponding longitudinal grooves I, the breechpiece constructed with one'ormore lateral projections, F, and the receiver with correspond ing recesses G, the said breeclrpicce constructed with a cam-shaped groove, L, near its forward end, a handle beneath the barrel arranged for longitudinal movement, a bar, N, extending from said barrel into the receiver and into engagementwith said camgroove L, a carrier, S, hung in the receiver beneath the barrel, with an upward projection, '1, therefrom, the breech-piece constructed with a shoulder, V, adapted to engage said finger as the breech-piece approaches its extreme open position, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. In a magazine fire-arm, the combination of the breech-piece E, constructed with one or more lateral projections, and the receiver with corresponding recesses, with-which said projections on the breech-piece are adapted to engage, the breech-piece also constructed with longitudinal ribs H upon its sides, and the receiver with longitudinal grooves I, in which said ribs are adapted to work, the breech-piece also constructedwith acam-shaped groove, L,

a handle beneath the barrel forward of the re ceiver arranged for longitudinal reciprocating movement, a bar extending from said handle into the receiver and into engagement with said cam-groove L, a carrier, S, hung in the receiver beneath the breech-piece with an upward projection therefrom, and the breech-- piece provided with a shoulder adapted to engage said finger-as the breech-piece approaches its extreme open position, the breech-piece also provided with an extractor, a, upon its side, and the carrier constructed with an overhanging finger, W, substantially as and for the purpose described.

JOHN M. BROlVNING. MATTHEW S. BROWNING.

Vitnesscs as to John M Browning:

LARS P. BIADSEN, Lns'rnn D. PUOKETT.

Witnesses to signatn re of Matthew S. Browning:

' Tnos. F. EMMETT,

Gno. E. BROWNING. 

